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U.S. District Judge Dan Polster called into question the “legitimacy”
of Donald Trump’s presidency this week after the president suggested
that a federal judge who ruled against him was illegitimate.

U.S. District Judge Dan Polster (YouTube)

Speaking to Cleveland’s Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday night, Polster expressed disappointment in the president’s tweet
that attacked U.S. District Court Judge James Robart as a “so-called
judge” for blocking a ban on travel from seven majority-Muslim
countries.

“This is serious business, because you start calling into question
the legitimacy of someone, that undermines the whole system, all right?”
Polster told the audience, according to Cleveland.com.

“I think to say it publicly, that’s his right,” he added. “But it
calls into question, and some might even say forfeits, his or her own
legitimacy. So I’ll leave it at that. It’s an important question, but
that’s how I feel.”

Polster noted that the country’s founders had set up a system of
check and balances because “they were fearful of a president who might
want to be a king or dictator.”

“I don’t believe there’s a single federal judge who would be
intimidated by anybody,” he insisted.

“We took an oath to support and
defend the Constitution and it means a lot. And I think that oath means
even more today.”

“When you call into question the legitimacy of a federal district court judge, that’s a line that shouldn’t be crossed.”